MatchesMen's TestThe Ashes 2021/22

England v Australia

3rd Test · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne · 26 Dec 2021 – 28 Dec 2021

Australia won by an innings and 14 runs

England 1st innings18565.1 overs

Australia 1st innings26787.5 overs

England 2nd innings6827.4 overs

England 1st innings 185 (65.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
H Hameed	c AT Carey b PJ Cummins	0	10	0	0	0.0
Z Crawley	c C Green b PJ Cummins	12	25	0	0	48.0
DJ Malan	c DA Warner b PJ Cummins	14	66	1	0	21.2
JE Root	c AT Carey b MA Starc	50	82	4	0	61.0
BA Stokes	c NM Lyon b C Green	25	60	2	1	41.7
JM Bairstow	c C Green b MA Starc	35	75	3	0	46.7
JC Buttler	c SM Boland b NM Lyon	3	11	0	0	27.3
MA Wood	lbw b SM Boland	6	15	0	0	40.0
OE Robinson	c SM Boland b NM Lyon	22	26	3	0	84.6
MJ Leach	c SPD Smith b NM Lyon	13	18	0	1	72.2
JM Anderson	not out	0	4	0	0	0.0
Extras		5
Total	all out, 65.1 overs	185

Fall of wickets: 4-1 (H Hameed, 1.5 ov), 13-2 (Z Crawley, 7.2 ov), 61-3 (DJ Malan, 26.3 ov), 82-4 (JE Root, 32.6 ov), 115-5 (BA Stokes, 46.2 ov), 128-6 (JC Buttler, 51.2 ov), 141-7 (MA Wood, 55.5 ov), 159-8 (JM Bairstow, 58.4 ov), 176-9 (MJ Leach, 63.3 ov), 185-10 (OE Robinson, 65.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
MA Starc	15	3	54	2	3.60	69	1
PJ Cummins	15	2	36	3	2.40	70	0
SM Boland	13	2	48	1	3.69	55	0
C Green	8	4	7	1	0.88	41	0
NM Lyon	14.1	3	36	3	2.54	66	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	4	11	H Hameed 0, Z Crawley 3
2	9	33	Z Crawley 9, DJ Malan 0
3	48	115	DJ Malan 14, JE Root 33
4	21	39	JE Root 17, BA Stokes 4
5	33	80	BA Stokes 21, JM Bairstow 11
6	13	30	JM Bairstow 10, JC Buttler 3
7	13	27	JM Bairstow 7, MA Wood 6
8	18	17	JM Bairstow 7, OE Robinson 11
9	17	29	OE Robinson 2, MJ Leach 13
10	9	10	OE Robinson 9, JM Anderson 0

Australia 1st innings 267 (87.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
MS Harris	c JE Root b JM Anderson	76	189	7	0	40.2
DA Warner	c Z Crawley b JM Anderson	38	42	5	0	90.5
NM Lyon	c JC Buttler b OE Robinson	10	22	2	0	45.5
M Labuschagne	c JE Root b MA Wood	1	14	0	0	7.1
SPD Smith	b JM Anderson	16	31	1	0	51.6
TM Head	c JE Root b OE Robinson	27	48	2	0	56.3
C Green	lbw b MJ Leach	17	63	2	0	27.0
AT Carey	c JC Buttler b BA Stokes	19	43	0	0	44.2
PJ Cummins	c H Hameed b JM Anderson	21	32	2	0	65.6
MA Starc	not out	24	37	1	0	64.9
SM Boland	c Z Crawley b MA Wood	6	11	0	0	54.5
Extras		12
Total	all out, 87.5 overs	267

Fall of wickets: 57-1 (DA Warner, 14.1 ov), 76-2 (NM Lyon, 19.4 ov), 84-3 (M Labuschagne, 24.3 ov), 110-4 (SPD Smith, 35.1 ov), 171-5 (TM Head, 55.4 ov), 180-6 (MS Harris, 61.1 ov), 207-7 (C Green, 72.5 ov), 219-8 (AT Carey, 75.3 ov), 253-9 (PJ Cummins, 84.2 ov), 267-10 (SM Boland, 87.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
JM Anderson	23	10	33	4	1.43	114	0	0
OE Robinson	19.2	4	64	2	3.31	87	0	4
MA Wood	19.5	2	71	2	3.58	84	0	0
BA Stokes	10.4	1	47	1	4.41	43	1	1
MJ Leach	15	0	46	1	3.07	57	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	57	85	MS Harris 16, DA Warner 38
2	19	33	MS Harris 8, NM Lyon 10
3	8	29	MS Harris 6, M Labuschagne 1
4	26	64	MS Harris 8, SPD Smith 16
5	61	123	MS Harris 31, TM Head 27
6	9	33	MS Harris 7, C Green 2
7	27	70	C Green 15, AT Carey 11
8	12	16	AT Carey 8, PJ Cummins 4
9	34	53	PJ Cummins 17, MA Starc 17
10	14	21	MA Starc 7, SM Boland 6

England 2nd innings 68 (27.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
H Hameed	c AT Carey b SM Boland	7	31	1	0	22.6
Z Crawley	c AT Carey b MA Starc	5	16	1	0	31.3
DJ Malan	lbw b MA Starc	0	1	0	0	0.0
JE Root	c DA Warner b SM Boland	28	59	4	0	47.5
MJ Leach	b SM Boland	0	2	0	0	0.0
BA Stokes	b MA Starc	11	16	2	0	68.8
JM Bairstow	lbw b SM Boland	5	18	0	0	27.8
JC Buttler	not out	5	14	1	0	35.7
MA Wood	c & b SM Boland	0	3	0	0	0.0
OE Robinson	c M Labuschagne b SM Boland	0	2	0	0	0.0
JM Anderson	b C Green	2	4	0	0	50.0
Extras		5
Total	all out, 27.4 overs	68

Fall of wickets: 7-1 (Z Crawley, 4.4 ov), 7-2 (DJ Malan, 4.5 ov), 22-3 (H Hameed, 10.3 ov), 22-4 (MJ Leach, 10.5 ov), 46-5 (BA Stokes, 16.5 ov), 60-6 (JM Bairstow, 22.5 ov), 61-7 (JE Root, 24.4 ov), 65-8 (MA Wood, 26.1 ov), 65-9 (OE Robinson, 26.3 ov), 68-10 (JM Anderson, 27.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots
MA Starc	10	3	29	3	2.90	50
PJ Cummins	10	4	19	0	1.90	48
SM Boland	4	1	7	6	1.75	20
C Green	3.4	0	8	1	2.18	17

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	7	28	H Hameed 1, Z Crawley 5
2	0	1	H Hameed 0, DJ Malan 0
3	15	34	H Hameed 6, JE Root 9
4	0	2	JE Root 0, MJ Leach 0
5	24	36	JE Root 9, BA Stokes 11
6	14	36	JE Root 9, JM Bairstow 5
7	1	11	JE Root 1, JC Buttler 0
8	4	9	JC Buttler 4, MA Wood 0
9	0	2	JC Buttler 0, OE Robinson 0
10	3	7	JC Buttler 1, JM Anderson 2

Match details

Toss: Australia, chose to field
Player of the match: SM Boland
Ground: Melbourne Cricket Ground, Australia
Season: 2021/22
Umpires: PR Reiffel, P Wilson
Match referee: DC Boon
Source: Cricsheet match 1263464